Shared mailboxes & tricky rules/user defined settings

[Amanda]

Hi there,
I have a shared mailbox created in Exchange 2K and have
myself set up on the server with Send As permissions. I
am running Outlook XP on windows NT, but one of the people
I share with is still running Outlook 97. I am trying to
do the following:
* Find an easy way to default the from field for all new
mail items to the address of the shared folder. Will I
have to write a custom form for this with the address pre-
populated?
* Write a rule that runs on my sent items, to move any
items from the shared mailbox address, into it's sent
items folder. I have seen code to copy any new item into
the mailboxes sent items but am trying to steer clear of
code. Using the Rules Wizard in XP I can get the sent
items to move when I tell the wizard to run on that
folder. Is there a way however, to get it to stay running
on that folder & not to revert just to an inbox wizard?

Last but not least is there a way to show my two inboxes
at the same time? I know I can open the second inbox in a
new window, but would like to have the two boxes split in
the one window.

As mentioned I am trying to steer clear of creating forms
or writing code so any simplisitc solutions would be
greatly appreciated. Sorry for the long post.
Amanda

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi there,
I have a shared mailbox created in Exchange 2K and have
myself set up on the server with Send As permissions. I
am running Outlook XP on windows NT, but one of the people
I share with is still running Outlook 97. I am trying to
do the following:

* Find an easy way to default the from field for all new
mail items to the address of the shared folder. Will I
have to write a custom form for this with the address pre-
populated?

Yes, I believe so. Or see www.ivasoft.biz for some addins.

* Write a rule that runs on my sent items, to move any
items from the shared mailbox address, into it's sent
items folder. I have seen code to copy any new item into
the mailboxes sent items but am trying to steer clear of
code. Using the Rules Wizard in XP I can get the sent
items to move when I tell the wizard to run on that
folder. Is there a way however, to get it to stay running
on that folder & not to revert just to an inbox wizard?

Why not look at Unisent at www.ivasoft.biz?

Last but not least is there a way to show my two inboxes
at the same time? I know I can open the second inbox in a
new window, but would like to have the two boxes split in
the one window.

You can open both in one if they're on the same server - in Outlook, find
the properties of your Exchange server service, advanced, and add the
additional/shared mailbox. You will need full mailbox access in order to do
this (easiest to set this in Exchange itself).

As mentioned I am trying to steer clear of creating forms
or writing code so any simplisitc solutions would be
greatly appreciated. Sorry for the long post.
Amanda

Note - OL97 is old, buggy, and no longer supported. If at all possible, keep
everyone on the same version of Outlook/Office/Windows/etc -